[pianotech] List changes - it's a lot bigger than just the lists...

[Mike Spalding]

Well, it was a long and somewhat annoyingly condescending journey, but 
we finally, in the last paragraph, got to the meat of the matter.  By 
all means, lets have some preparation, explanation, tutorials, and help.

On 3/9/2011 8:36 PM, Israel Stein wrote:
>
> There is one thing for which I will fault the PTG administration with 
> regard to this rollout. Much greater efforts should have been made to 
> prepare the membership for it in terms of explaining exactly what is 
> happening and why and offering tutorials in how to operate in this new 
> environment. I suspect that had this been done, the change would not 
> be so traumatic. Change is difficult, and people need to be prepared 
> for it. It is not too late - an internal PR campaign needs to be 
> launched explaining all these changes andn offering members help in 
> adapting to them.
>
> I am posting this to both CAUT-L and Pianotech, and through bioth 
> modes - e-mail and web-based. Let's see what happens...
>
> Israel Stein
>